I'm sorry to say that BOTH sides of the isle have their issues with ethics and morals but there is a reason for this. It's a sad fact that you pretty much MUST lie, or at the very least be misleading, to get elected. With the country deeply divided and entrenched in their political perspectives, lying is the only thing that makes you electable. Well, it's one WAY to get elected I suppose, the easy way...
Politicians who are skilled in the art of getting elected are skilled at reading the crowd and have a set of phrases that when you parse are meaningless but are focus group tested to make you THINK you heard what you want to hear (regardless of your position on the issue being discussed) or at the vary least the undecided don't here what they DON'T what to hear on the issue. It's not about how the candidate actually would vote on the question, but how they can attract the most folks by saying stuff that sounds good but not committing to a position.
This was VERY true for the Beto v Cruz Senate race, at least for Beto. Beto had some pretty slick campaigning and tightly controlled stump speeches that where chuck full of these political speak sayings. He ran a very misleading campaign, trying to run in the middle, but when questioned off the cuff or hard pressed during a debate the "truth" often slipped out that blew the mystique behind his misleading focus group tested façade. Cruz isn't the media darling that Beto was, so such slips got largely unreported, but I saw them happen when coverage was live and unfiltered.
By the way, just so you understand, this is EXACTLY why Trump won over Clinton. Trump isn't a skilled focus group tested speaker with political experience in blowing pleasant smelling smoke at the undecided. He's a brash plain talker who says what he's thinking, right or wrong, out loud for all to hear (Or read should you follow him on Twitter.) Some folks are tired of being lied to, or being mislead by less than upfront politicians who speak in riddles or use platitudes that don't parse to actual positions unless you want them to. Clinton was (among other things) seen as too sleazy, having flip flopped too many times on some major policy questions to be trusted to DO what she claimed. Also, IF Trump is reelected, it will be because he actually tried to DO what he campaigned on and although his mouth has not always voiced the truth, he's truly trying to fulfill his promises, in as far as he's able.
Ah, memories of my 65 VW Beetle's clutch.. It was badly in need of replacement and didn't quite fully disengage by the time I got rid of it.. Had to be fast and never leave it in neutral very long.
Come to think of it, the same car had a starter issue at one point. Had to "push" start the thing for a couple of months until I could save up enough cash to fix it. I can remember pushing it across the parking lot, jumping in, dropping it into third and popping the clutch... Steal that you youngsters!
But hey, I learned to drive in a 1955 Chevy pickup tossing hay out for the cattle in the field some 40 years ago. Taught me how to drive a manual transmission, rear wheel drive, on everything from pavement, snow, sheets of ice, grass and mud. You people who don't know why hitting the brakes doesn't fix anything on wet ice scare me now, or the idiots who cannot get a 4WD though places I've put that pickup with nothing but chains and a few bails of hay in the bed. Personally, I stay home these days, not because I cannot get around, but because some idiot will hit the brakes, turn the wheel and wonder why they still hit me.
Charge away... As I recall, Clinton very nearly escaped having to participate in discovery in a civil suit and very clearly was going to be able to defer action on a civil suit. A criminal charge of a president is even MORE likely to be legally squashed. Even when they had WJC dead to rights on perjury, the criminal action on the charge had to wait until he left office. Trump will be no different.
Also, The Federal courts are likely to table any actual charges from any state or locality while the president is in office. The legal principle is pretty clear, the Federal Courts often override individual state court decisions and if this one hits the Supreme Court, they will, at a minimum, squash the charges until he leaves office. In short, you will have to Impeach him or wait.
Also, if you want to light a fire under the opposition for very little actual gain, PLEASE have some stupid state or locality file charges. It will be tied up in the courts longer than Trump will stay in office and pretty much guarantee he is re-elected in 2020 (which is a near historical certainty even now.)
as we've seen from republican control of the House, investigation and charges against the sitting president don't have to have any basis in law and can be completely political in nature. According to the recent republican examples of investigation, the standard of investigation and allegation seems to be anything that benefits my party.
Oh sure... They can do that.
The House can even impeach the president because they don't like how he ties his shoes if they like.
Impeachment is not a legal process, it's a political one and for the next two years, nay the next two election cycles at a minimum, there is nearly zero chance for an actual conviction in the Senate for Trump. Nobody votes to convict a president from their party, at least they haven't in recent history and who here thinks an impeachment will induce Trump to resign? No, he's in office for the duration. IF the Democrats impeach the duration likely becomes until January 20, 2025 because Trump will go into instant campaign mode and start ripping apart any Democrat who's head rises above the fray like he destroyed Jeb and Cruz. If you are a 2020 hopeful, you DON'T want to give Trump 2 years of running you though the media shredder and the Democrats would be well advised to not let Trump pick his opponent by doing this.
The US house of representatives certainly can investigate and bring charges of (snip) on a sitting president for the purposes of impeachment, the constitution says so.
Impeachment charges are NOT criminal charges. But you already knew that. Impeachment is by it's very nature a political action and has nothing but a passing relationship to criminal charges.
But tis telling that you don't argue my assertion that there is exactly zero chance of a conviction in the Senate should the house actually make the stupid mistake and impeach.
To paraphrase Dirty Harry "Go ahead punk, make my day, impeach!" It worked out so horribly well for the Republicans when they tried it during Clinton's second term, and they had him dead to rights for lying under oath.... Especially given that in this case, it's arguable that there is pretty much nothing but rumor and the vague implication that some a non-specific crime was committed by the target of your scorn. Crimes, I might add, are utterly impossible to commit because they don't exist in law (collusion) or are so specific in law that they'd be impossible to hide the proof (treason) and involve activities which are nearly impossible to obscure.
IF it went badly for Republicans trying this with Clinton, what do you suppose will happen to Democrats? PLEASE try it, pretty please....
The Russians don't back Trump, and never did. All they're trying to is stir up hate and discontent, which is exactly what you're helping to do.
Comrade.
Which is EXACTLY what Rosenstine's statement when he announced Mueller charging the Russian companies way back when actually SAID and if you read the charges what the Russians where accused of actually doing.
The whole Russian effort here was to undermine the American citizen's faith in their elections and foster division among us. Why? Because a divided America is weaker and less of a threat to Russia and it's interests.
Putin's meager investment has paid off. He hit the jackpot with Trump's election and the Democrat's scorched earth tactics in reaction to it.
Assuming you are talking about Trump Sr, you do realize that this is totally wrong. You CANNOT charge a sitting president with ANYTHING. DOJ regulations forbid this.
So... If Trump Sr is about to face charges, real ones, he's going to either need to be impeached and convicted or resign office first. I don't think either of these situations is remotely possible, both politically and by Trump's personality traits. The Republicans in the Senate won't vote to convict Trump in sufficient numbers to get a conviction and Trump doesn't seem likely to resign, even under such pressure.
Maybe, if he loses in 2020, you can charge him at 12:01 PM on January 20, 2021, or should he win reelection you will be waiting until January 20, 2025.
So no, Trump isn't "about to face charges" (real criminal charges that is) regardless of what you believe he did. By law Mueller simply cannot bring criminal charges on a sitting president. Even if he did, the charges would be quashed by the courts, or at the very least, deferred until Trump left office. There would be no arrest, no perp walk nothing. And Mueller would be rightly chastised for doing it.
Can you explain how a quantum computer could work?
How would one program the quantum computer if it existed?
How would one inspect code for errors?
How would one know truth of quantum computer output?
Ask your cat.
Schrodinger, is that you? If you'd put down the box, I have a question....
One time pads.. Totally safe against quantum computers.. There are ways of distributing those safely when your adversary is online.
Oh yea, that key distribution problem is a bear you know... Maybe we can order one time pads from Amazon now? With prime shipping it will only take a day to get them.
I'm over 50 and switched jobs about 3 years ago now. I am regularly getting unsolicited job offers from head hunters and could easily move back to either of my last two employers if I wanted. Last time I looked, I found multiple interesting jobs that I would be perfectly qualified for with a 30 min commute of my home and I have friends who have expressed interest in having me work for their companies, who are looking for talent though not advertising. Moving may not be easy, but it's possible and sometimes necessary and there are places where talent is in short supply, do like I did and live in one of those areas.
I'm guessing the issue is one of career choice and location, not age and not because it's a non-profit. Of course, non-profits have little room to pay more and you accept less because of the nature of the work, but in that case you are receiving other forms of compensation and are doing the work for reasons other than receiving a paycheck. If you are truly locked in and feel that you need more, then I'd start doing what you have to to find another job, if that means moving, so be it.
I moved in my 40's with a young family, twice, both times to follow work. Don't be afraid of it. Yea it's a pain in the... But it's better than being caught in a dead end for the rest of the 20+ working years you have left. Unless of course the reason you stay is because you want to support the Non-Profit's mission, then figure getting less is a cost of doing what you want. Up to you.
so your car should constantly ping? how does that solve the problem.
-dk
No, it only pings when somebody tries to access it. So it's quiet until somebody grabs the door handle to open the door, then it pings, or hits the "start" button, then it pings and verifies the FOB pongs and is actually INSIDE the car (easy to do with basic direction finding).
But think about what this means... That "ping" now needs to be sent to the FOB before it will pong.
This greatly increases the complexity of the exploit. Now you have to relay signals in both directions. You have to get the ping to the FOB, and return the pong from the FOB. That means that the thieves will need to be touching the car, broadcasting the ping, which they amplify to get it to the FOB and then trying to find the FOB's reply and amplify it for the car to receive. It's more than twice as difficult to do this.
It doesn't continuously emit. It's false information in the article. The fob listens constantly, and when it receives a valid query from the car, then it broadcasts a response. So when someone touches a door handle, for example, to unlock, the car broadcasts the challenge, and the fob then broadcasts the response. Same for pressing the start button.
The coin battery in the fob would die within days (if it even lasts that long) if it was constantly broadcasting.
Shesh, the article is right they are regularly transmitting, but you have to consider what it means. The FOB need only transmit a short low power RF pulse every 10 seconds, more or less. The FOB's I've seen come with absolutely huge batteries and YES they need to be replaced a lot more often than the button press kind. (and the dealer service department LOVES to do it for you.)
Going to need a source on that one. Those coin cell batteries can broadcast pings for years? I'm calling bullshit.
From the original article above ^^^^^ (Scroll up dude!) ^^^^^
"thieves are using a method called "relay theft." Key fobs are constantly broadcasting a signal that communicates with a specific vehicle, he said, and when it comes into a close enough range, the vehicle will open and start. "
I actually DO compare insurance rates... But I admit that I'm weird when it comes to buying cars.
For my last two vehicle purchases I made a "final offer" and told the salesman I only had about 30 min to close the deal. When they first refuse because the "manager" didn't like the deal, just turned to leave. They got two chances. In both cases, it took about 30 min. The problem is you have to know what the vehicle is worth to the dealer, a bit of research that takes is daunting, because it's NOT dealer invoice, not by a mile, AND you need to be willing to actually walk away if they don't take your deal. In both cases, the dealer made about $600 on the car, best I could tell.
First, key fobs are NOT constantly broadcasting a signal.
Um, no, they are regularly transmitting a short low power ping, at least the ones I've seen.
Just dropping your FOB into a open metal box, assuming it's deep enough, will likely work just fine. But the exploit path will remain when you walk away from your car in a store parking lot..
I drive a crappy old car that cannot be started with a key fob signal. You can't steal my car!
That's nothing, mine has a manual transmission..... NOBODY will be able to steal my car, maybe the stuff in it, but NOT the car, at least without a tow truck..
Come on you crazy car makers you can fix this exploit.... PLEASE start making the no button FOBs work on an interrogation basis... Make it necessary for the CAR to initiate the conversation and ONLY when the car needs to know when the FOB is in the local area. ALSO, make sure the FOB is at least close to the vehicle by looking at the delay between the ping and pong reply. You can keep the current button press FOB things, but for any "automated" unlocking do the right thing and MAKE SURE the FOB is actually near the vehicle (or INSIDE it when you start the motor). Come on, it's not that hard...
Screw that. Lets vote for a government that regulates business so that they cannot treat employees like slaves. You have been warned.
What? Have Unions become so ineffective that we now need government interference to do what they used to do? Heaven help us! (sarc off)
By the way... "slave" has a specific definition: "a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them." I'm more afraid of the government enslaving me than the company I work for. The government has the power to own me, the company I work for, not so much. One can take everything I own and earn while forcing me to stay, the other I can just quit and walk away from.
Tough. Don't like it? Quit and get a job somewhere else. You are not employees and you should not be treated like employees.
I disagree... They are doing what they should be doing. If you don't like your compensation package, ASK for better. If you don't get what you want and still think it's unfair, THEN move on.
A wise man once told me, "You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." I say let them ask.
If the economy was doing that well, companies would be falling over themselves trying to retain workers by increasing compensation packages. That has not happened yet.
It has not happened yet and has not happened ever.
NEVER say never... It has happened, just not in most of our living memories. During WW2 manufacturing jobs where plentiful and compensation increasing, including the standardization of health insurance as a benefit.
Don't be fooled by the claims of "record low" unemployment. It's a lie. Those low numbers are achieved by simply not counting millions of people.
You are being a bit myopic. While I agree that the headline unemployment number is a bit misleading, it only counts folks collecting unemployment compensation, there are OTHER numbers in the news releases that show a marked increase in employment and a decrease in the "labor participation rate". More people are actually working as a percentage of available workers. Also, the "record low" unemployment statements are technically accurate. It may not mean what some think, but it's a good sign regardless of what you may say.
Even when the economy is "doing well" there are plenty of people desperate for work and plenty of companies looking to increase their bottom line by eliminating workers, cutting wages and replacing human workers with third world monkeys.
And this is wrong how? Of course companies are driving offshore looking for lower labor rates. I don't blame them. HOWEVER, this is NOT universally true for all of us. Many are seeing increased pay, more hours and better working options here in the USA. Companies ARE paying more if you look at the household income numbers, more people are working more hours for more money, at least according to the Department of Labor's reporting.
When your company is controlled by Jews and the CEO is a third world monkey, you can expect to get screwed on a daily basis.
Seriously? So, you are unabashed about being a racist too? Shame on you, How wrong can somebody be....
Volkswagen is going out of business so it's time to start the short selling.
Seriously? VW, if it wants to stay in business, needs to be building the cars folks want to buy. If that's non-combustion cars, build those, it's internal combustion cars, build those too.
The problem here is that EV's are basically viable because of tax breaks and subsidies here in the USA, oh and the CAFE fleet mileage standards which forces the price of internal combustion powered vehicles to subsidize EV offerings.
Assuming they are serious, it's time to amass a pile of shorts... I figure they are as serious as the guy threatening to jump off a 1 story building...
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Politicians with actual principles?
I'm sorry to say that BOTH sides of the isle have their issues with ethics and morals but there is a reason for this. It's a sad fact that you pretty much MUST lie, or at the very least be misleading, to get elected. With the country deeply divided and entrenched in their political perspectives, lying is the only thing that makes you electable. Well, it's one WAY to get elected I suppose, the easy way...
Politicians who are skilled in the art of getting elected are skilled at reading the crowd and have a set of phrases that when you parse are meaningless but are focus group tested to make you THINK you heard what you want to hear (regardless of your position on the issue being discussed) or at the vary least the undecided don't here what they DON'T what to hear on the issue. It's not about how the candidate actually would vote on the question, but how they can attract the most folks by saying stuff that sounds good but not committing to a position.
This was VERY true for the Beto v Cruz Senate race, at least for Beto. Beto had some pretty slick campaigning and tightly controlled stump speeches that where chuck full of these political speak sayings. He ran a very misleading campaign, trying to run in the middle, but when questioned off the cuff or hard pressed during a debate the "truth" often slipped out that blew the mystique behind his misleading focus group tested façade. Cruz isn't the media darling that Beto was, so such slips got largely unreported, but I saw them happen when coverage was live and unfiltered.
By the way, just so you understand, this is EXACTLY why Trump won over Clinton. Trump isn't a skilled focus group tested speaker with political experience in blowing pleasant smelling smoke at the undecided. He's a brash plain talker who says what he's thinking, right or wrong, out loud for all to hear (Or read should you follow him on Twitter.) Some folks are tired of being lied to, or being mislead by less than upfront politicians who speak in riddles or use platitudes that don't parse to actual positions unless you want them to. Clinton was (among other things) seen as too sleazy, having flip flopped too many times on some major policy questions to be trusted to DO what she claimed. Also, IF Trump is reelected, it will be because he actually tried to DO what he campaigned on and although his mouth has not always voiced the truth, he's truly trying to fulfill his promises, in as far as he's able.
Ah, memories of my 65 VW Beetle's clutch.. It was badly in need of replacement and didn't quite fully disengage by the time I got rid of it.. Had to be fast and never leave it in neutral very long.
Come to think of it, the same car had a starter issue at one point. Had to "push" start the thing for a couple of months until I could save up enough cash to fix it. I can remember pushing it across the parking lot, jumping in, dropping it into third and popping the clutch... Steal that you youngsters!
But hey, I learned to drive in a 1955 Chevy pickup tossing hay out for the cattle in the field some 40 years ago. Taught me how to drive a manual transmission, rear wheel drive, on everything from pavement, snow, sheets of ice, grass and mud. You people who don't know why hitting the brakes doesn't fix anything on wet ice scare me now, or the idiots who cannot get a 4WD though places I've put that pickup with nothing but chains and a few bails of hay in the bed. Personally, I stay home these days, not because I cannot get around, but because some idiot will hit the brakes, turn the wheel and wonder why they still hit me.
Their security guy stayed at a "Holiday Inn Express" last night.... I guess we all now know why...
Charge away... As I recall, Clinton very nearly escaped having to participate in discovery in a civil suit and very clearly was going to be able to defer action on a civil suit. A criminal charge of a president is even MORE likely to be legally squashed. Even when they had WJC dead to rights on perjury, the criminal action on the charge had to wait until he left office. Trump will be no different.
Also, The Federal courts are likely to table any actual charges from any state or locality while the president is in office. The legal principle is pretty clear, the Federal Courts often override individual state court decisions and if this one hits the Supreme Court, they will, at a minimum, squash the charges until he leaves office. In short, you will have to Impeach him or wait.
Also, if you want to light a fire under the opposition for very little actual gain, PLEASE have some stupid state or locality file charges. It will be tied up in the courts longer than Trump will stay in office and pretty much guarantee he is re-elected in 2020 (which is a near historical certainty even now.)
as we've seen from republican control of the House, investigation and charges against the sitting president don't have to have any basis in law and can be completely political in nature. According to the recent republican examples of investigation, the standard of investigation and allegation seems to be anything that benefits my party.
Oh sure... They can do that.
The House can even impeach the president because they don't like how he ties his shoes if they like.
Impeachment is not a legal process, it's a political one and for the next two years, nay the next two election cycles at a minimum, there is nearly zero chance for an actual conviction in the Senate for Trump. Nobody votes to convict a president from their party, at least they haven't in recent history and who here thinks an impeachment will induce Trump to resign? No, he's in office for the duration. IF the Democrats impeach the duration likely becomes until January 20, 2025 because Trump will go into instant campaign mode and start ripping apart any Democrat who's head rises above the fray like he destroyed Jeb and Cruz. If you are a 2020 hopeful, you DON'T want to give Trump 2 years of running you though the media shredder and the Democrats would be well advised to not let Trump pick his opponent by doing this.
The US house of representatives certainly can investigate and bring charges of (snip) on a sitting president for the purposes of impeachment, the constitution says so.
Impeachment charges are NOT criminal charges. But you already knew that. Impeachment is by it's very nature a political action and has nothing but a passing relationship to criminal charges.
But tis telling that you don't argue my assertion that there is exactly zero chance of a conviction in the Senate should the house actually make the stupid mistake and impeach.
To paraphrase Dirty Harry "Go ahead punk, make my day, impeach!" It worked out so horribly well for the Republicans when they tried it during Clinton's second term, and they had him dead to rights for lying under oath.... Especially given that in this case, it's arguable that there is pretty much nothing but rumor and the vague implication that some a non-specific crime was committed by the target of your scorn. Crimes, I might add, are utterly impossible to commit because they don't exist in law (collusion) or are so specific in law that they'd be impossible to hide the proof (treason) and involve activities which are nearly impossible to obscure.
IF it went badly for Republicans trying this with Clinton, what do you suppose will happen to Democrats? PLEASE try it, pretty please....
The Russians don't back Trump, and never did. All they're trying to is stir up hate and discontent, which is exactly what you're helping to do.
Comrade.
Which is EXACTLY what Rosenstine's statement when he announced Mueller charging the Russian companies way back when actually SAID and if you read the charges what the Russians where accused of actually doing.
The whole Russian effort here was to undermine the American citizen's faith in their elections and foster division among us. Why? Because a divided America is weaker and less of a threat to Russia and it's interests.
Putin's meager investment has paid off. He hit the jackpot with Trump's election and the Democrat's scorched earth tactics in reaction to it.
Trump is about to face charges for ... (snip)
Assuming you are talking about Trump Sr, you do realize that this is totally wrong. You CANNOT charge a sitting president with ANYTHING. DOJ regulations forbid this.
So... If Trump Sr is about to face charges, real ones, he's going to either need to be impeached and convicted or resign office first. I don't think either of these situations is remotely possible, both politically and by Trump's personality traits. The Republicans in the Senate won't vote to convict Trump in sufficient numbers to get a conviction and Trump doesn't seem likely to resign, even under such pressure.
Maybe, if he loses in 2020, you can charge him at 12:01 PM on January 20, 2021, or should he win reelection you will be waiting until January 20, 2025.
So no, Trump isn't "about to face charges" (real criminal charges that is) regardless of what you believe he did. By law Mueller simply cannot bring criminal charges on a sitting president. Even if he did, the charges would be quashed by the courts, or at the very least, deferred until Trump left office. There would be no arrest, no perp walk nothing. And Mueller would be rightly chastised for doing it.
Same thing at times. Or didn't you know that? The arms race is real on this front.
Can you explain how a quantum computer could work? How would one program the quantum computer if it existed? How would one inspect code for errors? How would one know truth of quantum computer output?
Ask your cat.
Schrodinger, is that you? If you'd put down the box, I have a question....
One time pads.. Totally safe against quantum computers.. There are ways of distributing those safely when your adversary is online.
Oh yea, that key distribution problem is a bear you know... Maybe we can order one time pads from Amazon now? With prime shipping it will only take a day to get them.
Why whatever do you mean?
I'm over 50 and switched jobs about 3 years ago now. I am regularly getting unsolicited job offers from head hunters and could easily move back to either of my last two employers if I wanted. Last time I looked, I found multiple interesting jobs that I would be perfectly qualified for with a 30 min commute of my home and I have friends who have expressed interest in having me work for their companies, who are looking for talent though not advertising. Moving may not be easy, but it's possible and sometimes necessary and there are places where talent is in short supply, do like I did and live in one of those areas.
I'm guessing the issue is one of career choice and location, not age and not because it's a non-profit. Of course, non-profits have little room to pay more and you accept less because of the nature of the work, but in that case you are receiving other forms of compensation and are doing the work for reasons other than receiving a paycheck. If you are truly locked in and feel that you need more, then I'd start doing what you have to to find another job, if that means moving, so be it.
I moved in my 40's with a young family, twice, both times to follow work. Don't be afraid of it. Yea it's a pain in the ... But it's better than being caught in a dead end for the rest of the 20+ working years you have left. Unless of course the reason you stay is because you want to support the Non-Profit's mission, then figure getting less is a cost of doing what you want. Up to you.
So you are saying the article is wrong?
I'm not going to call BS, but I am going to ask for a citation on that... :)
so your car should constantly ping? how does that solve the problem.
-dk
No, it only pings when somebody tries to access it. So it's quiet until somebody grabs the door handle to open the door, then it pings, or hits the "start" button, then it pings and verifies the FOB pongs and is actually INSIDE the car (easy to do with basic direction finding).
But think about what this means... That "ping" now needs to be sent to the FOB before it will pong.
This greatly increases the complexity of the exploit. Now you have to relay signals in both directions. You have to get the ping to the FOB, and return the pong from the FOB. That means that the thieves will need to be touching the car, broadcasting the ping, which they amplify to get it to the FOB and then trying to find the FOB's reply and amplify it for the car to receive. It's more than twice as difficult to do this.
It doesn't continuously emit. It's false information in the article. The fob listens constantly, and when it receives a valid query from the car, then it broadcasts a response. So when someone touches a door handle, for example, to unlock, the car broadcasts the challenge, and the fob then broadcasts the response. Same for pressing the start button.
The coin battery in the fob would die within days (if it even lasts that long) if it was constantly broadcasting.
Shesh, the article is right they are regularly transmitting, but you have to consider what it means. The FOB need only transmit a short low power RF pulse every 10 seconds, more or less. The FOB's I've seen come with absolutely huge batteries and YES they need to be replaced a lot more often than the button press kind. (and the dealer service department LOVES to do it for you.)
Going to need a source on that one. Those coin cell batteries can broadcast pings for years? I'm calling bullshit.
From the original article above ^^^^^ (Scroll up dude!) ^^^^^
"thieves are using a method called "relay theft." Key fobs are constantly broadcasting a signal that communicates with a specific vehicle, he said, and when it comes into a close enough range, the vehicle will open and start. "
I actually DO compare insurance rates... But I admit that I'm weird when it comes to buying cars.
For my last two vehicle purchases I made a "final offer" and told the salesman I only had about 30 min to close the deal. When they first refuse because the "manager" didn't like the deal, just turned to leave. They got two chances. In both cases, it took about 30 min. The problem is you have to know what the vehicle is worth to the dealer, a bit of research that takes is daunting, because it's NOT dealer invoice, not by a mile, AND you need to be willing to actually walk away if they don't take your deal. In both cases, the dealer made about $600 on the car, best I could tell.
First, key fobs are NOT constantly broadcasting a signal.
Um, no, they are regularly transmitting a short low power ping, at least the ones I've seen.
Just dropping your FOB into a open metal box, assuming it's deep enough, will likely work just fine. But the exploit path will remain when you walk away from your car in a store parking lot..
I drive a crappy old car that cannot be started with a key fob signal. You can't steal my car!
That's nothing, mine has a manual transmission..... NOBODY will be able to steal my car, maybe the stuff in it, but NOT the car, at least without a tow truck..
Come on you crazy car makers you can fix this exploit.... PLEASE start making the no button FOBs work on an interrogation basis... Make it necessary for the CAR to initiate the conversation and ONLY when the car needs to know when the FOB is in the local area. ALSO, make sure the FOB is at least close to the vehicle by looking at the delay between the ping and pong reply. You can keep the current button press FOB things, but for any "automated" unlocking do the right thing and MAKE SURE the FOB is actually near the vehicle (or INSIDE it when you start the motor). Come on, it's not that hard...
Screw that. Lets vote for a government that regulates business so that they cannot treat employees like slaves. You have been warned.
What? Have Unions become so ineffective that we now need government interference to do what they used to do? Heaven help us! (sarc off)
By the way... "slave" has a specific definition: "a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them." I'm more afraid of the government enslaving me than the company I work for. The government has the power to own me, the company I work for, not so much. One can take everything I own and earn while forcing me to stay, the other I can just quit and walk away from.
Yes. I majored in physics, and I find this theory utterly repulsive.
Yes, I see what you did there... Very good... I just wish I had mod points today.
+1 Funny
Tough. Don't like it? Quit and get a job somewhere else. You are not employees and you should not be treated like employees.
I disagree... They are doing what they should be doing. If you don't like your compensation package, ASK for better. If you don't get what you want and still think it's unfair, THEN move on.
A wise man once told me, "You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." I say let them ask.
If the economy was doing that well, companies would be falling over themselves trying to retain workers by increasing compensation packages. That has not happened yet.
It has not happened yet and has not happened ever.
NEVER say never... It has happened, just not in most of our living memories. During WW2 manufacturing jobs where plentiful and compensation increasing, including the standardization of health insurance as a benefit.
Don't be fooled by the claims of "record low" unemployment. It's a lie. Those low numbers are achieved by simply not counting millions of people.
You are being a bit myopic. While I agree that the headline unemployment number is a bit misleading, it only counts folks collecting unemployment compensation, there are OTHER numbers in the news releases that show a marked increase in employment and a decrease in the "labor participation rate". More people are actually working as a percentage of available workers. Also, the "record low" unemployment statements are technically accurate. It may not mean what some think, but it's a good sign regardless of what you may say.
Even when the economy is "doing well" there are plenty of people desperate for work and plenty of companies looking to increase their bottom line by eliminating workers, cutting wages and replacing human workers with third world monkeys.
And this is wrong how? Of course companies are driving offshore looking for lower labor rates. I don't blame them. HOWEVER, this is NOT universally true for all of us. Many are seeing increased pay, more hours and better working options here in the USA. Companies ARE paying more if you look at the household income numbers, more people are working more hours for more money, at least according to the Department of Labor's reporting.
When your company is controlled by Jews and the CEO is a third world monkey, you can expect to get screwed on a daily basis.
Seriously? So, you are unabashed about being a racist too? Shame on you, How wrong can somebody be....
Volkswagen is going out of business so it's time to start the short selling.
Seriously? VW, if it wants to stay in business, needs to be building the cars folks want to buy. If that's non-combustion cars, build those, it's internal combustion cars, build those too.
The problem here is that EV's are basically viable because of tax breaks and subsidies here in the USA, oh and the CAFE fleet mileage standards which forces the price of internal combustion powered vehicles to subsidize EV offerings.
Assuming they are serious, it's time to amass a pile of shorts... I figure they are as serious as the guy threatening to jump off a 1 story building...